Short Fiction · Character
Max Kaplan
Max Kaplan cannot stop thinking about the prisoner who insists the world is his dream, and he keeps pressing Ritchie to admit the clock is running out.
supporting
Also known as Kaplan
First appearance: the beautiful people
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Max Kaplan is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Kaplan is deeply disturbed after visiting the condemned prisoner; he drinks heavily and presses Ritchie on the implications of the boy's dream-world theory.
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Kaplan is the friend who visited the condemned man's cell and came away shaken, and now he sits with Ritchie near midnight, arguing that a dream's pain is real enough to matter. He draws on his own childhood…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Rivalry
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Household and family figures
- Familial and medical roles
- Military and minor gentlemen
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
This scene is the dramatic climax because it marks the peak of Henry Ritchie’s repressed frustration, erupting…
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Henry Ritchie
friendship · positive
Henry Ritchie and Max Kaplan share a close bond, likely as allies or companions in their… How this plays out →
- Beatty
rivalry · negative
- Mrs. Cuberle
social · ambivalent
- Henry Ritchie
friendship · positive
Henry Ritchie and Max Kaplan share a close bond, likely as allies or companions in their… How this plays out →
- Beatty
rivalry · negative
- Henry Ritchie
friendship · positive
Henry Ritchie and Max Kaplan share a close bond, likely as allies or companions in their… How this plays out →
- Mrs. Cuberle
social · ambivalent
- Mrs. Cuberle
social · ambivalent
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